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    Olakitan OladimejiBy Olakitan OladimejiJuly 12, 2024No Comments4 Mins Read
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    Are you aware that Bloomberg Philanthropies is donating $1 billion to make medical school free? Yes, you heard right. This donation, which is mainly for Johns Hopkins University students, aims to tackle declining health and education issues. 

    With this donation, many John Hopkins University students will have their full costs covered, including tuition and living expenses. In addition, the donation is open to students from average families—I mean those earning less than $300,000 annually. 

    The donation also covers an additional living expense for students from families earning under $175,000. Now, you may ask why Bloomberg is doing all of this. Well, the initiative follows a trend of high-profile donors supporting tuition-free medical education nationwide.

    Michael Bloomberg’s Donation to John Hopkins University

    Another reason for Bloomberg’s donation is that he is an alumnus of John Hopkins. According to him, the U.S. lags behind other countries in life expectancy after the COVID-19 pandemic. Bloomberg also discussed the negative impact of the pandemic on public education, describing online schooling as disastrous for students. 

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    According to Bloomberg, the prohibitive cost of medical education discourages students from lower-income families from pursuing medical careers. He emphasized the importance of addressing this health crisis as a unifying cause for both political parties.

    Addressing Medical Education Debt

    A survey conducted last October by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) revealed that 70% of medical students graduating in 2023 incurred some form of educational debt. On average, these graduates left medical school with debts exceeding $200,000.

    Bloomberg noted that many students who enroll in medical school end up dropping out due to financial pressures. He also observed that graduates often select high-paying specialties to manage their debts rather than working in primary care or underserved communities where they are most needed.

    According to Bloomberg, this contributes to a shortage of primary care doctors in the United States. In addition to his recent donation, Bloomberg previously contributed $1.8 billion to undergraduate financial aid at Johns Hopkins University in 2018.

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    Some Huge Donations for Medical Schools

    The Bloomberg donation is not the first instance of a transformative gift for many education. In February, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York received a $1 billion donation from former faculty member Dr. Ruth Gottesman.

    Her donation ensured that four-year students immediately received free tuition, with all other students benefiting from free tuition starting that fall. In 2018, Kenneth and Elaine Langone donated $100 million to the NYU Grossman School of Medicine.

    The donation was an endowment fund to provide tuition-free education for all current and future medical students. The Langones followed up with a second gift of $200 million in 2023 to extend this benefit to the NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine. Kenneth Langone is notably a co-founder of Home Depot.

    Other Institutions That Have Benefitted From Huge Donations

    Other institutions have also benefited from huge donations aimed at reducing the financial burdens of medical school. UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine offers merit-based scholarships funded by $146 million in donations from music industry mogul David Geffen.

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    Additionally, the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine has provided tuition-free education for its medical students since 2008. Candice Chen, an associate professor at the Milken Institute School of Public Health, has studied the social missions of medical schools.

    Based on this research, he has given his two cents on these huge donations to the schools. Chen stated that medical schools fail to produce enough primary care and mental health specialists. Additionally, doctors are unwilling to serve in rural and underserved communities. 

    She suggested that such substantial donations could have made a more significant impact if directed to institutions like Meharry Medical College in Tennessee, a historically Black college. This college is famous for producing primary care doctors who work in areas with healthcare shortages.

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